The Social Archeology Channel

Who likes short shorts? The collective “we” like short shorts, perhaps never quite as much as when Daisy Duke wore them on The Dukes of Hazzard in the early 80s. In fact, television viewers liked them so much that they christened the garments “Daisy Dukes” in tribute to the sassy lass with the never-ending legs. Continue reading...

You might not think that naming yourself after a rectangle of hamburger would be the wisest of career moves, but rock and roll is a funny business. Meatloaf backed up his comical moniker with a set of vocal pipes that rivaled the best in the business, and songwriting skills that would make him one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. Continue reading...

Of all of the bumbling personas ever to grace the big screen, there has perhaps never been one as beloved as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, a detective so inept that it is a wonder he ever solved a case. His antics redefined slapstick in a way few had since Chaplin, thanks to the comic genius of a man named Peter Sellers, who would forever be adored as the incompetent inspector from the numerous Pink Panther films. Continue reading...

There are few people in this world who can make a successful career transition from sportswriter to coroner. But after winning television audiences over as perpetual slob Oscar Madison on the hit 70s sitcom The Odd Couple, actor Jack Klugman wasn't quite finished with the prime-time spotlight. This time around, he donned a set of medical scrubs and endeared himself to millions as Quincy M.E.Continue reading...

Somewhere in the realm between Legos and the Radio Shack 50-in-1 electronics kits lay the most underrated construction toy of perhaps any generation. Capsela was more than just building or constructing. Capsela was engineering. Capsela rewarded both the mind that could think ahead and the one that discovered as it went. Continue reading...

Two forms of entertainment dominated the lives of teenagers in the 80s - video arcades and MTV. Game manufacturer Bally/Midway pondered the riches they might receive by merging the two. To that end, they took one of the most popular bands of the era and plopped them into their very own video adventure. The result was Journey, a rocking arcade game that, despite the novelty, left almost as quickly as it arrived. Continue reading...

There has simply never been a comic book icon as popular as Superman. From his Action Comics origins in 1938 to radio, cartoons and movie serials in the 40's, to a television series in the 50's, to animated adventures in the 60's and 70's, the Man of Steel was the superhero's superhero, a mild-mannered good guy fighting for truth, justice and the American Way. Continue reading...

Based on Roseanne Barr's standup routine, this popular sitcom focused on the everyday lives of the self-proclaimed "domestic goddess" and her brood, a blue-collar family living in Illinois. The sarcastic and perpetually cranky Roseanne was a far cry from the idyllic sticom moms of the 50s and 60s and had to deal with the realistic problems and absurdities of lower middle class life. Continue reading...